Vox & Friends

In today’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, Patrick Caldwell, and guest Scott Lemieux discuss the legal and political implications of the Supreme Court’s health care ruling. Links discussed include: Chief Justice John Robert’s opinion Is Roberts the Real Swing Vote on the Affordable Care Act?—The American Prospect A Tale of Two Justices—The American Prospect Supreme Court Year in Review—The American Prospect Download Standard Podcast

In today’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie and Senior Writer Monica Potts are joined by Zack Beauchamp of The Daily Dish to talk Avatar: The Legend of Korra, the sequel to the series Avatar: The Last Airbender. They discuss the meaning of power in the series, as well as its treatment of equality, and its progressive approach to gender. Links discussed include: Avatar: The Legend of Korra—Wikipedia ‘The Legend of Korra’ Takes On Redistribution—Think Progress Download Standard Podcast

In this week's episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and special guest Jonathan Bernstein discuss President Obama's recent speech in Ohio, and the plight of judicial nominations in the Senate.Download Standard Podcasts

On today's episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and Patrick Caldwell discuss the Supreme Court, the Affordable Care Act, and the entire controversy around Trayvon Martin.Download Standard Podcasts

In this week’s episode of Vox 8 Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and Patrick Caldwell discuss the Republican primaries in Alabama and Mississippi, the return of Community on NBC, the new iPad, and the recent relevations of falsehood on This American Life. Links discussed: Six Seasons and a Movie!—The American Prospect Is ‘Community’ Stuck?-ThinkProgress African-American Vote in GOP Race Falls Below Measurable Levels-The Nation ‘This American Life’ retracts Daisey story on Apple and Steve Jobs-The Los Angeles Times Download Standard Podcast

On today's episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and Patrick Caldwell discuss the retirement of Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, Mitt Romney's victory in the Michigan Republican primary, the outlook for Super Tuesday, and a new—bizarre—Herman Cain advertisement.Download Standard Podcast

In today's episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Patrick Fuller, and ThinkProgress' Alyssa Rosenberg take a break from politics to discuss the Oscars.Download Standard Podcasts

On this week’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie and Jaime Fuller are joined by Talking Points Memo’s Pema Levy to discuss birth control hearings, the Republican presidential debate, and mash-ups. Links discussed include: Why Dems Think They’re Winning the Contraception Battle And the Winner Is: Barack Obama Arizona Audience Boos Birth Control During GOP Debate Download Standard Podcast

In today’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and Patrick Caldwell are joined by the Roosevelt Institute’s Bryce Covert to discuss the recent attacks on women’s health services, and Rick Santorum’s surprising success as a presidential candidate. Links include: Virginia House Passes Personhood Bill Virginia Advances Anti-Abortion Fetal Personhood and Transvaginal Ultrasound Bills Download Standard Podcast

In today’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie and Jaime Fuller are joined by special guest Amanda Marcotte, of Pandagon, the Opinionated podcast, and a whole host of other venues. They discuss the administration’s birth control rule—€”and it’s move to “accommodate” some opponents—€”as well as the Obama campaign’s decision to accept funds from super PACs. Links discussed include: White House Seeking “Compromise” on Birth Control-Mother Jones Obama campaign throws support to Obama super PAC-CBS News Download Standard Podcast

In today’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle Bouie, Jaime Fuller, and Patrick Caldwell discuss the Florida Republican primary, recent controversies over reproductive health, and the January jobs report. Links include: Gingrich, Party of One-The American Prospect Komen gives new explanation for cutting funds to Planned Parenthood-The Washington Post Employment Situation Summary-Bureau of Labor Statistics Download Standard Podcast

In this week’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle, Jaime, guest Pema Levy (of Talking Points Memo) discuss the State of the Union, the Republican presidential race, and the unusually long-lived family of President John Tyler. Links include: State of the Union Speech Transcript President John Tyler’s Grandsons Are Still Alive-Mental Floss Download Standard Podcast

In this week's episode of Vox and Friends, Bob Moser, Jaime Fuller, and Abby Rapoport make predictions for the upcoming GOP primary in New Hampshire, and ask: Why in the world is Rick Perry still in the race?Download Standard Podcasts

Patrick Caldwell joins Jamelle Bouie and Jaime Fuller from his perch in Iowa to discuss the Republican presidential race in the Hawkeye State, as well as the dysfunction of Republicans in Congress. Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an at voxandfriends@prospect.org!Download Standard Podcasts

In this week’s episode of Vox and Friends, Jamelle and Jaime are joined by Mother Jones’ Adam Serwer to discuss the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and its implications for civil liberties, as well as two new studies on race relations and racism. Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email! Today’s links include: Why Obama Should Veto The Defense Authorization—And Why He Might Not - Mother Jones Post-Racial: Americans and Race in the Age of Obama—The Greenlining Institute Are Tea Partiers Racist?—MinnPost Download Standard Podcast